Billy Twomey

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CSI5* Basel, Switzerland: Tinka’s Serenade jumped a treble-clear in the Grand Prix – good enough for 4th prize of 45,000CHF (€37,238). Romanov had a time fault in the first round, so had to settle for 12th prize of 2,500CHF (€2,065) in the feature class on the opening day.

CSI5* Global Champions Tour Doha, Qatar: In the 1m45/1m50 jump-off class on Friday night, he directed Je t’Aime Flamenco to within 0.12 second of the winner to finish 2nd and earn €12,000.

For the final weekend of June, Towmey travelled to Monte Carlo for the 5th leg of the Global Champions Tour. He got off to a good start steering his new ride Tackeray into 2nd place in a 1m45 speed class. The competition was won by fellow Irishman Denis Lynch. On Saturday, he took third place and €3,000 in the 1m50 jump-off class, again, with Michelle Gatland’s Tackeray. In the Grand Prix on Saturday Twomey chose to ride Je t’Aime Flamenco. They jumped a faultless first round and had 4 faults in the second to finish 10th.

CES5* European Championships, Madrid, Spain: Shane Sweetnam (Amaretto d’Arco) 3.46/8/8; Nicola Fitzgibbon (Puissance) (9.74)/(21)/(20); Denis Lynch (Lantinus) 8.71/9/4; Billy Twomey (Tinka’s Serenade) 0.95/0/12; After round 1, Ireland lay 9th on 13.12 faults behind France in the lead on 2.95, and Twomey lay in 6th place individually (and earned €1,640). Twomey’s second round clear left him in second individually, and Ireland in 7th position. Ireland’s third round performance saw them drop out of Olympic qualification to 9th place. In this round, Twomey was jumping clear until the final line where 3 fences fell, dropping him to 18th position individually. On Sunday, in the Individual Final, Tinka’s Serenade had 8 faults in round 1, and jumped clear in round 2. This brought them up to 15th position in the end.

Next on the calendar for Twomey was the 4th leg of the Global Champions Tour in Cannes, France. On day 2, he directed Sue Davies Tinka’s Serenade to 2nd place in the 1m50 jump-off class. They were less than half a second off the pace, and collected €4,000.

CSI5* ‘Saut Hermès’ Paris, France: Twomey and Romanov II teamed up with Luciana Diniz and Licapo in the 1m60 pairs competition on Saturday night to finish 6th and collect €1,250

William “Billy” Twomey (born 14 April 1977) is an Irish equestrian and is Ireland’s highest ranked show jumper.

Luidam Stallion / Chestnut / 1993 / Guidam x Acteur – owned by Billy Twomey and Sue Davies

Tinka’s Serenade Mare / Chestnut / 1997 / Tinka’s Boy x African Drum – owned by Billy Twomey and Sue Davies

Romanov Stallion / Chestnut / 1998 / Heartbreaker x Fedor

Twomey flew straight from Monte Carlo to Hickstead (UK) for the DFS Hickstead Derby on Sunday. After misplacing his passport, and the plane arriving 2 hours late, he made it just in time to warm-up for the class! He rode Sue Davies Blue Thunder and had four faults to finish 3rd and collect nearly £9,000.

Allegro Gelding / Bay / 2000 / Bon Ami x Zarola – owned by Billy Twomey and Anthony Condon .

Je t’Aime Flamenco Stallion / Bay / 2000 / Flamence de Semilly x Landetto – owned by Mrs. Sue Davies

Twomey and Luidam were members of the winning Nations Cup teams in St. Gallen and Aachen in 2003. They also won the 5* Grand Prix of La Baule and were 2nd in the 5* Grands Prix of St. Gallen and Dublin. The pair were also short-listed for the Olympic Games of 2004.

On his way to Aachen for the World Equestrian Festival, Twomey stopped off at the inaugural ‘Royal Festival of the Horse’ at Stoneleigh Park in the UK. He won the Grand Prix (and £10,000) on Tinka’s Serenade, beating John Whitaker and his 2008 Olympic ride – Peppermill – into second place.

In 2008, Twomey won the HOYS Grand Prix with his eight-year-old stallion named Je T’aime Flamenco. Twomey’s time was 0.23 seconds faster than the runner up, Michael Whitaker.

Major Championship Festival, Arena UK, Grantham, UK: Romanov took 2nd prize of £10,000 (€11,500) in the Major Open.

In the ‘FEI Combination in Jumping Rankings’ produced at the end of 2010, Twomey was the only rider in the world to have two horses in the top 25, Tinka’s Serenade in 6th, and Je t’Aime Flamenco in 24th

Twomey climbed to his highest ever Rolex World Ranking at the end of December 2010 – 7th.

Since the partnership began in late 2010, the pair have been on the winning Irish Nations Cup team at the CSIO5* at La Baule in 2011, and placed second in the CSI3* Grand Prix of Laipzig, 2011.

CSI5* GCT Final, Abu Dhabi, UAE: Tinka’s Serenade jumped 0/4 in the Grand Prix to earn €4,000 for 13th prize. This result meant Twomey finished in 12th position in the overall GCT Rankings of 2011, earning a further €10,000.

Tinka’s Serenade was ranked the 7th best horse in the world in 2011 according to the FEI WBFSH World Ranking List.

CSI5* Global Champions Tour Estoril. Portugal: Romanov II took 11th place in the 1m50 ‘Massimo Dutti’ class to earn €2,820, and 15th in the Grand Prix for €2,800.

In February, Billy, with Je T’aime Flamenco, was selected as part of the Irish Nations Cup Team that competed in Dubai. The Irish Team finished 7th of the 11 that started. The duo then went on to be the highest placed of the Irish in the €300,000 Grand Prix, finishing 8th.

winner of the Rolex IJRC Top Ten Final at the Gucci Masters in Paris, France, 2011. A member of the winning Irish team in Aachen and Lummen in 2010. Finished 11th in the World Championships of 2010. She has also jumped double-clears in some of the world’s biggest Grands Prix, including winning the five-stars at Basel and Zurich in 2011.

Winner of 7 International Grands Prix, including the five-stars at GCT-Valencia 2011, Barcelona in 2010 and St. Gallen in 2009.

Twomey had been steadily climbing up the World Rankings for years until finally, in June 2011 (Ranking no. 125) he reached his highest ever Ranking of 3rd place. Here, he also took over (from Denis Lynch) the highest ranked Irish rider in the World

CSI5* Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain: Twomey and Je t’Aime Flamenco had 4 faults in the Grand Prix to take 12th prize of €1,000.

As of the end of March 2012, Twomey is ranked 17th in the World – Ireland’s No. 2.

CSIO5* Rome, Italy: FEI Nations Cup: 3rd on 21 faults: Shane Sweetnam (Amaretto Darco) 8/4; Shane Carey (Lancero) 5/4; Cameron Hanley (Southwind VDL) (9)/(9); Billy Twomey (Tinka’s Serenade) 0/0 – Team earned €32,000.

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